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RICHARD LORD
"Please tell us some-
thing about Tariq."
That is the impas-
sioned appeal being
made by Nafeesa
Mohammed on behalf
of her nephew, T&T
student,
Tariq
Mohammed, who has
been detained in a Saudi
Arabia prison for the last
two months as a sus-
pected terrorist.
Mohammed made the
appeal in an interview
with the T&T Guardian
yesterday.
"Please provide some
feedback to the relatives
and take whatever steps
that are necessary to be
more proactive and to
ascertain the status of
Tariq Shamoon
Mohammed," she
added.
Tariq, 30, a final year
university student in
Saudi Arabia, is the son
of Sangeet 106.1fm
announcer Shamoon
Mohammed. He was
detained in Saudi Arabia
on his return from hol-
iday in T&T in August.
Mohammed is being
held in a special Saudi
prison on suspicion of
being a terrorist.
His aunt, Nafeesa
Mohammed said: "We
have had no word about
Tariq since August 26."
She also called for the
immediate appointment
of a special envoy to
negotiate Tariq s speedy
release. According to
Mohammed that envoy
"would have the
authority of the T&T
Government to visit
Saudi Arabia and get
some immediate infor-
mation."
She said the family
was still waiting word
and praying for Tariq s
release.
But Mohammed said
Tariq s wife, Saudah Ali,
who has an 18-month-
old son, and is pregnant,
was facing more chal-
lenges as she attempted
to secure an attorney to
assist with Tariq s
release. Nafeesa said
Saudah, who is in Saudi
Arabia was unable to
secure an attorney to
handle matters because
she did not have a
mahram (a legal male
accompanying a wife).
"She was unable to have
that document (power
of attorney) signed
because her husband is
detained in a prison nine
miles away. Her stay in
Medinah would expire
in days and in order to
leave she has to get an
exit visa which her hus-
band normally sees
about."
Mohammed said
Saudah "has no idea if
her husband (Tariq) is
alive or what his condi-
tion is. It is really a very
distressing situation."
Mohammed said her
family was still "trying
to get clearance from
the Ministry of National
Security" for Tariq s
release. She noted that
he was detained
because his name was
tarnished and suspected
as being a terrorist.
She insisted that his
detention was "a case
of mistaken identity."
Mohammed said the
"clearance" from the
National Security Min-
ister was necessary "so
that it can be transmit-
ted through our diplo-
matic and other chan-
nels to be able to
expedite a response
from the Saudi Govern-
ment."
Mohammed said an
organisation called the
T&T/Saudi Chamber
was recently formed
and its members have
been building a rela-
tionship with business-
men, investors and oth-
ers in Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed said:
"They have started a
dialogue with the Saudi
officials in the (Saudi)
embassy in Caracas."
Mohammed said the
Deputy Ambassador
attended a reception
hosted by the chamber
last week, during which
she spoke with him
about the issue.
She said he con-
firmed he was in receipt
of a document from the
T&T Embassy official
in Caracas, seeking
assistance on the mat-
ter.The Saudi official
said the document was
"forwarded to the Min-
ister of the interior in
Saudi Arabia and await-
ing a position on the
matter," she said.
A10
news
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Nafeesa wants answers on nephew's detention in Saudi Arabia prison
We need info about Tariq
In September,
permanent secretary in
the Foreign and
Caricom Affairs
Ministry Frances
Seignoret said she
received a letter
requesting assistance
on the detention. She
told the T&T Guardian
the matter was being
urgently addressed.
Attached to the
request to the ministry
was a first hand
account of the family's
ongoing experience
from Mohammed's
wife Saudah Ali. In her
detailed statement on
the issue, Ali claimed
she and her husband
first encountered
problems when they
arrived in the United
Kingdom and
attempted to board a
connecting flight to
their usual intransit in
Turkey.
Ali said she and their
16-month-old son,
Sulaimaan, were
separated from
Mohammed for three
hours as he was being
questioned by British
intelligence officers
before they were
eventually allowed to
catch a later flight.
"Tariq told me that
they asked him about
the Arabic books he
had with him which
were his university
school books and also
details of where we
lived in Medinah and
about his car licence
and so on," Ali said.
She claimed they
were stopped again as
soon as they arrived in
Turkey. "After a few
hours they told Tariq he
could not enter Istanbul,
as we were planning on
staying there for two
nights and then going
on to Medina. They
wanted him to go back
to London," Ali said.
FLASHBACK:
Tariq Mohammed